Pot died in 1998 at his home in Anlong Veng. The opening of the hideout is aimed at boosting Cambodia's tourist industry, which has suffered a sharp downturn since September 11th.
"First the government will develop the area for domestic tourists and the next step is to attract foreign tourists," Minister of Tourism Veng Sereyvuth said.
The home of widely feared Khmer Rouge military commander Ta Mok -- nicknamed "The Butcher" (and currently awaiting a genocide tribunal) -- will also be converted into a tourist attraction, Sereyvuth said.
"We want Anlong Veng to be a tourist resort, as it is both beautiful and historic," he said.
Pot's Khmer Rouge are blamed for the deaths of 1.7 million people through torture, execution, hard labor and starvation from 1975 to 1979.
Cambodia has already developed the main execution grounds (the "Killing Fields'') into a major stop for tourists. And yet another "historical landmark," the infamous S-21 torture center, is also now open to the public.
None of the former Khmer Rouge leaders have yet stood trial for crimes committed during their rule.
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